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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
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Standard Inland Waterways craft design, reports on testing models
Catalogue reference: MT 52/149
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This record is about the Standard Inland Waterways craft design, reports on testing models dating from 1944 - 1948 in the series Ministry of Transport and successors, Inland Waterways Divisions: Correspondence.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 52/149
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944 - 1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Standard Inland Waterways craft design, reports on testing models
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ZW 17/7/2B
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2212476/
Series information
MT 52
Ministry of Transport and successors, Inland Waterways Divisions: Correspondence...
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Standard Inland Waterways craft design, reports on testing models
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